Dont get mad that she is explaining the physics! I have to do this for my physics class and explain why my idea works and all the physics behind it, so it was really helpful for her to talk about it.

hey i like your videos. In my physics class we were only allowed to use paper and straws ( and glue/tape) we thought about those seeds that spin down from trees like a helicopter. We then took the paper, made two rotors, and two fins to cath air. When we released our egg drop copter, it floated down and landed. It was a huge success and is now on our schools physics wall of fame!!!

We did egg drops in high school, lots of fun. I got this long tube, and put a bunch of foam (cut out of heavy, yellow stuff, almost like pillow foam) in it, and put the egg near the top. It had a water balloon on the bottom to decrease the impact, and fins to keep it upright while falling. . . The egg broke. . . because it tipped over after it landed, I didn't catch it in time. But I still got a "B" for actually doing it and having a unique idea!

I once built an egg-drop contraption similar to the one at 2:25. It was a drinking straw tetrahedron with the egg suspended by rubber bands on a cotton ball cushion. It was meant to use a parachute to stabilize it and prevent it from falling over. However, due to winds, it still landed on its side, breaking the egg. I've been wanting to try it again someday.

I'm doing this in class! Can't wait to do it! I'm thinking of doing something like the peanut butter, but I'm gonna use something mor dense.

The peanut butter was such a funny idea, I really wanted it to work.

Thanks,I had an egg drop at school that was considered a TEST grade,because of you I got an A

Great video. Need a squared on the Vo at 3:04. This doesnt affect the outcome as it cancels but for use in other places; dont forget to square the initial velocity.

My school is having an egg drop experiment to. Thanx for the ideas

we did this at school and i took a swimming noodle and cut it down the middle and taped it back together with the egg in it and tied some baloons to it to creat drag and slow the egg down it worked

Great video ! :)

Its a bit tricky, a lot of potential chickens gave up their lives to perfect it. The drop was from about 20ft. You roll the paper into a cone and tape it. put the egg into the cone and drop it. The "nose" of the cone acts as a crumple zone and completely absorbs the shock of the fall. Heres the trick. The egg needs to be positioned JUST low enough to keep the center of gravity below where the cone will flip over mid flight and spill your egg. This is where a bit of trial and error come in.

we did this at our school... Mine was my lunchbox stuffed with a bunch of cloths. It won.

Oo clever. If I had access to a roof I would try it :P

Avoid staying out of the target zone? Actually, you're right, that probably would make it more fun.

OMG!!! on tuesday we had a egg drop project at school and our groups project lasted til the last round=)....our project was a baby shoe box filled with AIR filled water balloons and we super glued cotten balls on the egg then wrapped it in bubble wrap

wow. thanks for the idea on what to do with my jar of recalled peanutbutter. :P

dude you are awesome keep making thousands of videos I love the videos! :)

great job!

When I was in 7th grade, my science class did that, and me and a few of my friends used penut butter. But, we put it in a shoebox too I think...

@almondherring I'd love to see your and some of the other ideas people came up with to fit those criteria! Were there any pictures or videos?

Where could you buy the rubberbands from? I kind of need to know by Friday for my school project!

im studying for mecanix engineer and in school we have a rally that includes a contest like that, you have to throw the egg of a 3 stories building. Ill try it next year

hey. im doing a egg drop project and i liked the idea about the wheel (rotational force) and i was just wondering what material did he use (the stretchy elastic) to keep the egg intact in the middle. what's it called?

I am interested in this egg drop stuff.

i had to do this project when i was in middle school, i wish i knew what this video showed back then

@almondherring Okay, I have to confess to a little confusion. No cushioning? That reads as if you have to put the egg into a rigid container. How can you prevent the egg from breaking without cushioning it?

"ohhhh falling egg" "LETS TRY IT" "YAA!!" (egg breaks) "aww..."

What is the flexible item you use to hold the egg in the Popsicle stick wheel?

Very nice. I could see the peanut butter not exactly working. Hard jar and the shock of a hard object hitting another.

@TheBeatlesluvdaisy The main structure was made up of 6 non-bendy drinking straws in a tetrahedron shape, connected at the ends by tape. One side was designated as the "base" and one vertex as the "top". Midway up each of the three "base to top" sides, a rubber band was anchored with tape. These were connected to a flat sheet made of cotton balls glued together. The egg rested on top of this sheet of cotton balls. The parachute was made of a plastic bag connected to the "top"

i wanted to watch, i had an egg drop competition.

You're absolutely correct too. But I knew that! ;)

maaan i wish i wouldve had this a couple months ago when i had to do this for school lol

What did you use to hold the egg in place at 2:08?

what is the stuff that is used to hold the egg in the wheel?

Do you have instructions on how to build it? My son wants build it, but it's too fast and we are missing steps.

My contribution to society is that I won the egg drop competition in high school AP physics using a single piece of printer paper and one 3in piece of scotch tape

A is a vector, expressed in an oriented space. Saying a is negative is inaccurate. It can be anything. And yes the direction of the vector matters in the result, just as much as the orientation chosen.

There is a annual egg drop competition at Fort Henery Mall in Kingsport, TN and for us they have a formula to factor in weight, number of pices, resting spot on the target, and weather or not it breaks. Also there is cash money prize for winners, I've won twice!!

it should be -14 m/s. velocity is not just speed, but also direction so you need the negative there to show it's moving downwards to the earth.

@Omnigeek6 However, the device had no measure to cope with a sideways landing. Due to winds, it tipped over on landing and the egg was ejected. It hit the pavement and was destroyed. Future designs will be designed to land on any side, but may or may not still include a parachute.

did the peanutbutter realy work?????? we are doing this in my science class but it has to fit in a shoe box if you hae any ideas please help.

what did he use on that ferris wheel looking thing? nylon stockings?

i made a bucket from silicone, then when it was hardened, i throwed of the Nationale Nederlanden building (50 high) en it wasnt broken at all, go sillicone spray! yay XD

3:12 MYYYY BRAAAAAIIIINNNNN HURRRRRTTTTSSsS!!!!!!!!111!11oneone!!!

Protect the Penut Butter jar, and it works great!

What is that familiar sound track at 2:00?!?! i've heard that sound track all the time, but never found the group. they sound alot like supernova, but not sure.

hehe i am definitely a nerd for answering this. the velocity eqn was just fine (just thorough). and the downward force due to gravity is always the same, however, she's talking about an impulse force and she's right, it's a heck of a lot more complicated.

One way is to take the egg and several balloons. Fill the balloons with enough air to make them soft and gooshie but not too much air where they are hard. Completely surround the egg with the balloons and tape them together. Put all of this in a cardboard box and you are good to go.

haha i feel like such a nerd answering this. but when you're talking about freefall situations where you ignore air resistence, downward acceleration - which is what you care about - is always a constant 9.8m/s^2. you're thinking about average acceleration.

we have to drop it from the 2nd story of our school i can only use, tin foil, straws, toothpicks, and paper cups it may not weigh over 17 grams no tape or glue any ideas?? its due tuesday..

I'm doing an egg drop project for school, but ours has to be recycleable. We aren't allowed to use peanut butter either, because of allergies.

what was the stuff the egg was in the popsicle sticks one

that was awesmn my bro made one with parachutes ^_^

Cool Beans! LOL

thats why Im watching it.

what's the music that plays at around 1:59?

we had such a contest in our class our team cheated: we made his bowl harder by putting it into glue a few times and waited that it is dry so we made this again and again

What Song (Tune) is playing at 1:58 Please

Ohhh LOL I'm taking AP Bio this year. :P

this really helps but I need more ideas!

i have to do one for physics..it cant be more than 6 in. around and our teacher is goin to step on it to see if our structure is hard enough and then throw it down from the top of the football stands...so maybe the peanut butter one will work for me lol

Bummer. I thought it would be about eggdrop soup, my FAVORITE. Oh well. :)

well u jus need measure the angle each time you glue the sticks...but make sure u make them like an octagon shape. n i heard from one of the users is tht the thing in the middle is nylon stocking.

yea me too im doin this 4 my skoo n i jus copied his design on the wheel. i jus finished it las nite. its pretty easy.u jus need popsicle sticks

yes, its simplified... the Vo is the initial speed wich is 0, so delete that, then the (X - Xo) its the difference between the inicial and final height, so you just put the height you are throwing the egg.

cool! I think you have a typo in your equation at 2:45. V0 should be squared in the first line ;)

How far was it dropped/how?

I feel lucky, as I am the 10,000th viewer. Hooray me.

i remember this in 6th grade this guy puts an egg on a balloon and asked the teacher to drop it then mine was disqualified lol good times

OMG!! What is the name of that ssongg!! I really want the name!! Please Pm me!!

that thing from 2:45 its pretty easy really .. i paused on that second and calculated it .. and its simple

what is the song at 1:55? Sound like Rachel's

p = mp, keep in mind that the trip down to the floor is more important than impact.

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Yes, it would be nice if my neighborhood was smarter...

@falling333 9.8 m/s2 is the acceleration due to gravity or under free fall. The initial force you use to throw it adds something extra. Or an initial velocity. And I think you have acceleration due to gravity and velocity of light "c" mixed up. No particle that has been discovered or invented so far can travel faster than 300000000 meters/sec.

@almondherring lol do u go to Monta Vista HS? im a senior doing this shit in physics H right now....

finding the force involves more equations which are a lot more simple than the velocity one..

how do i make one witout using packagin material and no food!! NAAC HIGH 936

i make with my class in the scool. but with paper, and gras.

im doing a egg drop project this friiday im using a cantelope ..... And it works

I did this at school and we had only certain materials we could've used, they were given to us by the teacher... Nobody from our class succeed... lol

what is the song at 2:00

yeah, "it's a lot more fun if you can avoid staying out of the target zone"

Its like in my old physics class. I made a parachute on mine and won, but then was disquailified becouse I missed the point of the whole project.

i had to do 1 for 4th grade. now im in 7th and now i find this vid :P

the peanut butter does work i saw it with my wn eyes today

It's only fun if you can avoid staying OUT of the target zone ?? I think you meant the contrary.

My son did it with a single letter size piece of typing paper and a small piece (1" long more or less) of generic 'invisible' tape. ... Make a very pointy cone. Cut it off (ok, use sizzors for this) so the 'top' is smooth. Put the egg in the cone 'blunt' end of the egg toward the pointy end of the cone. Drop the cone. Most of the time (90+%) the egg is good. Smaller eggs do better. Also, the point crumples into a really neat pattern. Somone want to video this?

Someone help me!!! for my school project, we CAN'T attach the egg to something. instead we build something for the egg to fall though. we can't get the egg on a slide; it has to fall directly down. and if the egg touches something, the thing has to fall with the egg and the egg Must fall on the floor: no cushion or anything like that. and since we are learning about pressure, we have to also write a report on how it works. (the "structure" has to be something about pressure)...please...help!

I only noticed after the video that there was a painting of a egg in the background...

what violin music is playing?

Good for you.

lol... They Hav Some Serious Math Calculation...

I believe those are popsicle sticks.

oh, i wanted the peanut butter to work.

Did anybody realize how he said "avoid staying OUT of the target zone," wouldn't that mean staying In the target zone?

thanks buddy